If you had to... choose only one style of beer to drink for the rest of your life, and you only had one minute to decide, what would it be? Go! (Don’t try and pick one from the list, you’ll run out of time before you even pass the British styles!)

Er, er, er.... DIPA is tempting, roasty stout wouldn't work all year round, pale ale not beefy enough when it's cold.... can't believe this but I'm plumping for a hoppy mild. Enough roast to itch in winter, enough hop to linger in summer, slakes a thirst, weak enough to drink all night without getting pished.